• DocumentCode
    2789989
  • Title

    Photon counting techniques for the bandlimited optical channel

  • Author

    Lee, C. ; Gray, A.

  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    5-12 March 2005
  • Firstpage
    1598
  • Lastpage
    1603
  • Abstract
    Two methods of estimating received photon counts given a realistic noisy and bandlimited optical channel are presented. The function of estimating photon counts is critical in any optical communications receiver. The purpose of this work is to compare two methods - neither of which is generically optimal with realistic channels - for the purpose of assessing which is more appropriate for application in a hardware receiver given the current state-of-the art
  • Keywords
    optical receivers; photon counting; bandlimited optical channel; hardware receiver; optical communications receiver; photon counting; Background noise; Biomedical optical imaging; Detectors; Mars; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Parameter estimation; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace Conference, 2005 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Big Sky, MT
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8870-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AERO.2005.1559451
  • Filename
    1559451